5 Must-Haves for Great QA Services
You can’t make or break
EFFECTIVE QA
with any one thing.
Rather, great QA is the result of a
VARIETY OF FACTORS across different areas.
Make sure you get the most from
OUTSOURCED QA SERVICES by checking off these must-haves:
CLEAR TESTING REQUIREMENTS
• GATHER EFFECTIVELY ✓ Be specific and clear
• GATHER EFFECTIVELY ✓ Be specific and clear ✓ Respond to questions
• GATHER EFFECTIVELY ✓ Be specific and clear ✓ Respond to questions • Helps eliminate retesting, additional test cycles and other delays
EFFICIENT TESTING STRATEGY
• OUTLINE STRATEGY ✓ Build from requirements
• OUTLINE STRATEGY ✓ Build from requirements • DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: ✓ Type of testing required
• OUTLINE STRATEGY ✓ Build from requirements • DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: ✓ Type of testing required ✓ Execution sequence
• OUTLINE STRATEGY ✓ Build from requirements • DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: ✓ Type of testing required ✓ Execution sequence ✓ Priority of each objective
• OUTLINE STRATEGY ✓ Build from requirements • DEFINE THE FOLLOWING: ✓ Type of testing required ✓ Execution sequence ✓ Priority of each objective ✓ Amount of effort to devote
APPLICATION & DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
• RECRUIT DOMAIN EXPERTS ✓ Aware of common yet easily overlooked problems
• RECRUIT DOMAIN EXPERTS ✓ Aware of common yet easily overlooked problems ✓ Communicate bugs using correct terminology
• RECRUIT DOMAIN EXPERTS ✓ Aware of common yet easily overlooked problems ✓ Communicate bugs using correct terminology ✓ Provide context to stakeholders
• RECRUIT DOMAIN EXPERTS ✓ Aware of common yet easily overlooked problems ✓ Communicate bugs using correct terminology ✓ Provide context to stakeholders • Close gaps in testing
AUTOMATED TESTING
• SPEED UP SLOW TASKS: ✓ Deployment
• SPEED UP SLOW TASKS: ✓ Deployment ✓ Test executions
• SPEED UP SLOW TASKS: ✓ Deployment ✓ Test executions ✓ Reporting
• SPEED UP SLOW TASKS: ✓ Deployment ✓ Test executions ✓ Reporting • Focus on more timeintensive tasks
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